gese grade 1 - lesson plan 1 - colours, body and clothing (final)

7/27/2019 GESE Grade 1 - Lesson Plan 1 - Colours, Body and Clothing (Final)

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GESE language exam preparation Grade 1 (A0) - Lesson Plan 1

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Grade 1 (A0): colours, body and clothing

Level: Time:GESE 1 (CEFR A0) 45 minutes

Aims:

To introduce Grade 1 using a DVD of an exam

To practise vocabulary for GESE Grade 1: colours, parts of the body, clothing andadditional language of the Grade

To develop communication skills

To prepare candidates for the GESE Grade 1 exam

Family photo

Handout 1 (H/O1) Trinity DVD

Procedure:

1. Introducing Grade 1 with a Grade 1 DVD (10 minutes) Give H/O1 (the vocabulary pictures) to pairs (x2) of students. Give them a minute to lookat the pictures and understand what they can see.

Next, the class watches the DVD (Mihael, Grade 1) and listens carefully to what thecandidate in the DVD says. The students tick () the correct picture on H/O 1 if they hear

the words in the DVD.

After watching, the teacher asks the students what they heard and what pictures theyhave ticked.

2. Noticing questions (10 minutes)

Before they watch the DVD again, the teacher asks the students to think about theexaminer’s questions. Ask: “What questions does the examiner ask?”

The class watches the DVD again. After watching, ask the students to tell you whatquestions they heard.

Resources:

Before the lesson: the students bring a photo of one person from their family

Handout 1 (H/O1): pictures of Grade 1vocabulary examples

Trinity DVD of Grade 1: Mihael, from the Trinitywebsite or DVD

(Optional: face masks for children which theycan draw and colour)



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3. Practising questions (5 minutes)

Tell the students to walk around the classroom and when you say “Stop” they find apartner. For 1 minute, the students ask for and give personal information using questionsfrom Part 2 (above).

After 1 minute, the children find a new partner and repeat the activity.

EXTRA OPTION 1: the students can make a paper mask (draw a face - create personalinformation for the mask) and repeat the activity.

EXTRA OPTION 2: in pairs, the students describe each other’s masks (“His hair is

black…etc.”)

4. Error pairs (8 minutes)

Show the class a photo of one person from your family. Use the language of Grade 1 todescribe the person’s clothes, hair/eye colour. (For example: “His name is…” “His eyes

are…” “His hair is…” “His sweater is...”) In pairs, the students repeat the activity with

their family photos.Describe the photo of your family member again. But this time, say something that is nottrue about the photo. Ask the class to correct any mistakes (e.g. Teacher: “His hair is

black.” Student: ”No, it isn’t, it’s blonde.”)

Students repeat the activity in pairs, saying things that are true and not true. If they saysomething that is not true, their partner corrects them.

5. Simon says (8 minutes)

Start the ‘Simon says’ game by saying: “Simon says touch your nose” , ” point to a blue

sweater” , ”touch a window” etc. (The students only do actions when the instruction

starts with ‘Simon says’.)

Next, choose a student. The student now gives the ‘Simon says’ instructions. Thestudent uses the language of Grade 1. Select another student and repeat.

6. Review (optional) (3 minutes)

Tell students to look at the picture in H/O1 and ask: ”Which words did you hear today?”“Please tick () the pictures that you heard.”

Students tick () or circle items on H/O1 that they heard in the lesson or the examinerused in the exam on the DVD.



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Handout 1: example Grade 1 Vocabulary

gese grade 1 - lesson plan 1 - colours, body and clothing (final)

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